Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, part 1: t…

Which of the following is the correct sequence of events in the barn on the youngest son's night of watch?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1490 «Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, part 1: three brothers try to guard a meadow from a mysterious night raid» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 sequence	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 sequence	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sequence	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 sequence	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sequence	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sequence	det
7	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sequence	amod
8	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 events	case
10	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sequence	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 barn	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 barn	det
13	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 events	nmod
14	on	on	ADP	_	19 night	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 son	det
16	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 son	amod
17	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 night	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 son	case
19	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 barn	nmod
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 watch	case
21	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 night	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 sequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present						of the correct sequence; of events in the barn on the youngest son's night of watch	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

An earthquake, then a rumble.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 earthquake	det
2	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 rumble	punct
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 rumble	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rumble	det
6	rumble	rumble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 earthquake	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 earthquake	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A rumbling, then a quake, then a second quake, then silence.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rumbling	det
2	rumbling	rumbling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 quake	punct
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 quake	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 quake	det
6	quake	quake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rumbling	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 quake	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 quake	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 quake	det
10	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 quake	amod
11	quake	quake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rumbling	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 silence	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 silence	advmod
14	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rumbling	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rumbling	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A loud noise, then hay flying, then a quake, then silence.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 noise	det
2	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 noise	amod
3	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hay	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 hay	advmod
6	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 noise	appos
7	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 hay	acl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 quake	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 quake	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 quake	det
11	quake	quake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flying	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 silence	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 silence	advmod
14	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 noise	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 noise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	gerund	hay not said here	a quake					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A rumbling, then a creaking, then a violent earthquake, then silence.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rumbling	det
2	rumbling	rumbling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 creaking	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 creaking	punct
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 creaking	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 creaking	det
6	creaking	creak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 earthquake	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 earthquake	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 earthquake	det
10	violent	violent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 earthquake	amod
11	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 creaking	parataxis
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 silence	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 silence	advmod
14	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 earthquake	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 creaking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creak	gerund	a rumbling				then		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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